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| Full name | Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | MPT | ||
| Founded | 1912; 113 years ago (1912) | ||
| Ground | HaMoshava Stadium,Petah Tikva, Israel | ||
| Capacity | 11,500 | ||
| Owner | Avi Luzon | ||
| Chairman | Avi Luzon | ||
| Manager | Noam Shoham | ||
| League | Liga Leumit | ||
| Website | m-pt | ||
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. (Hebrew:מכבי פתח תקווה; "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C.,מועדון ספורט מכבי אבשלום עירוני פתח תקווה) is an Israeli professionalfootball club based in the city ofPetah Tikva. It is part of theMaccabi World Union for international Jewish sports clubs.
The club was founded in 1912 by a group of Jewish students from Petah Tikva, who were studying in theOttoman city ofConstantinople (many of them would later serve in theOttoman army duringWorld War I), making it the second oldest Jewish football club in Israel afterMaccabi Tel Aviv, which was formed in 1906.[1]
In 1921, after the death of founder memberAvshalom Gissin during the1921 Palestine riots, the club added his name to the club's name, and the club was named "Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva".[1][2]In 1927, the club moved to the Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground, where they would play until the 1970s.[1]
In 1935 they won their first piece of silverware, beatingHakoah Tel Aviv 1–0 in thecup final.[3] In 1939 they reached thefinal again, but lost 2–1 toHapoel Tel Aviv. The following year they won theHaaretz tournament.
The club was included in the newIsraeli League in 1949, and finished fifth in the inaugural post-independence league table.[4] In the next season (1951–52, there was no 1950–51 edition) they finished as runners-up to champions Maccabi Tel Aviv and also won theState Cup, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0. In1953–54 (1952–53 was also not played) they also finished second withEliezer Spiegel finishing as the league's top goalscorer on 16 goals from 22 matches.
After several seasons of mid-table finishes, Maccabi finished bottom of the table in1962–63 (a season in which the club were deducted 3 points due to suspicions of bribery during a game withMaccabi Jaffa)[4] and was due to be relegated toLiga Alef. However, theIsrael Football Association decided to expand the league from 12 to 15 clubs and they were spared demotion. However, the club was relegated for the first time at the end of the1965–66 season after finishing second from bottom.
After two seasons in Liga Alef (one of which;–1966–68 Liga Leumit – lasted for two years) the club won theLiga Alef Super Cup and returned to the top division in1968–69 as Liga Alef champions for the first time.
At the end of the1970–71 season the club was relegated again after finishing second from bottom but made an immediate return as Liga Alef champions (1971–72) for the second time.
At the beginning of1972–73 season, theIFA organized a third-tier stand-alone cup competition (considered belowthe league andthe state cup) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of theIsraeli Declaration of Independence. Thecup was won by Maccabi Petah Tikva, who had beatenMaccabi Haifa 4–2 on penalties (1–1 a.e.t.)in the final.
In1974–75 season, although Maccabi finished bottom, they were again reprieved from relegation due to league expansion.[4] However, after a repeated performance in1976–77 they did relegated for the third time. Following another immediate return to the top flight through a second-place promotion (1977–78), the club maintained several mid-table finishes and have remained in top division for 10 seasons.
At the beginning of1982–83 season theIFA establishedLilian Cup, a season opening tournament for the top 4 clubs inLiga Leumit the year before, considered a third-tierLeague Cup tournament (in parallel to theIsrael Super Cup, which was played at the end of the season, and theToto Cup, which was played throughout the season, mostly on weekdays). Maccabi finished1984–85 season in fourth place and gained a place in the1985 Lilian Cup edition. The club reached thefinal, losing 3–1 (a.e.t.) toBeitar Jerusalem.
The club finished1987–88 season at the bottom of the table and relegated for the fourth time. In1989–90 and1990–91 the club won theToto Cup. After 3 seasons the club won the second-tier league championship for the third time (1990–91) and returned to the top division, remaining there for 21 seasons.
In1991–92 season Maccabi finished seventh place, qualifying for theIntertoto Cup group for the first time (due toHapoel Petah Tikva qualification for theCup Winners' Cup). The club played in theGroup stage with Czech sideSlavia Prague, German top clubBayer Leverkusen, and the IsraeliMaccabi Netanya. The whole stage was scheduled for July 1992 with Maccabi playing its first two matches inPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium, losing 1–3 againstSlavia and winning 3–2 againstLeverkusen. The next two games were againstNetanya, Maccabi drew 0–0 inNetanya Stadium and 2–2 athome ground. At the following matches, Maccabi was defeated 0–3 bySlavia inStadion Eden and drew 1–1 againstLeverkusen inUlrich-Haberland-Stadion. However, the club finished only third place in thegroup with five points.
In1994–95 season the club reached the top division'sToto Cup final for the first time, beating 2–1Maccabi Tel Aviv inRamat Gan Stadium.
In1996–97 season Maccabi finished in fourth place, qualifying for theIntertoto Cup group stage for the second time. The whole stage was scheduled for June–July 1997, with Maccabi losing 1–3 to German sideKöln inRamat Gan and deafening the Austrian sideAarau 1–0 inStadion Brügglifeld. The club also drew 0–0 twice, first against the IrishCork City inKiryat Eliezer Stadium and then against the Belgian giantsStandard Liège inStade Maurice Dufrasne. Eventually the club finished in second place in thegroup with five points and failed to advance to thesemi-finals.
In2000–01 season the club made a3–2 (a.e.t) sensational win overMaccabi Haifa and reached thecup final for the first time in 49 years (fourth time overall), losing 3–0 toMaccabi Tel Aviv.
The2004–05 season marked the first time the club competed inUEFA Cup qualifiers after finishing third place of the league inthe previous season. Maccabi began its way in thesecond qualifying round against Cyprus sideAEK Larnaca, losing the first-leg 0–3 inGSP Stadium. Two weeks later, the club enjoyed a moment of European glory, winning the second leg 4–0 inRamat Gan Stadium and advancing to theUEFA Cup first round after 4–3 on aggregate. However, thefirst-leg of the tie against Dutch sideSC Heerenveen in Israel was canceled byUEFA due to abaggage handlers strike,[5] and the club lost thesecond-leg 5–0 (also on aggregate) inAbe Lenstra Stadion.
Maccabi's most significant achievement of the decade came in the2004–05 season when the club finished second in the league and reached thegroup stage of the2005–06 UEFA Cup. In thesecond qualifying round the club defeated Macedonian sideFK Baskimi 5–0 inSkopje stadium and 6–0 inRamat Gan, advancing to thefirst round after 11–0 on aggregate.
Maccabi entered as an unseeded team due to a low coefficient rating (7.218), and drawn a seeded team such asPartizan Belgrade with a much higher coefficient rating (30.012). TheSerbian side won thefirst-leg 2–0 inRamat Gan. Two weeks later, at thesecond-leg inPartizan Stadium, Maccabi has made the impossible – contrary to all assessments and expectations, with a lot of faith and ability above all, they won 5–2 and 5–4 on aggregate. In a sensational comeback withstrikerOmer Golan scoring a hat-trick (21', 44', 48').
The victory sent Maccabi to be a member ofGroup B, along withPalermo,Brøndby,Lokomotiv Moscow andEspanyol. However, these elite clubs proved to be too much for Maccabi to handle, and the club lost all four group-stage matches, scoring just 1 goal while conceding 9.
After a defeat toHapoel Beer Sheva in the 2020cup final, the club reached thefinal again during theIsrael State Cup campaign. Once more facing Hapoel Beer Sheva, the club managed to lift the trophy, securing their third cup win after a 72-year drought.At the end of the 2024/25 season, Maccabi finished the league in 13th place and was relegated to the Liga Leumit.
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–Murad Magomedov,Center back, Played in club 1995–2013.The club played at the Maccabi Petah Tikva ground between 1926 and the 1970s. Since they left the old Maccabi Petah Tikva ground they shared the 6,768-capacityPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium with city rivalsHapoel. At the end of 2011, the club moved toHaMoshava Stadium.
Eliezer Spiegel (1955–1957)[7]
Jack Fairbrother (1958–1959)[8][9]
Alexander Vogel (1959–1960)Eliezer Spiegel (1960–1961)Eli Fuchs (1961–1962)Emmanuel Scheffer (1962–1963)Dror Kashtan (1991–1992)Yehoshua Feigenbaum (1994–1995)Moshe Sinai (1 June 1997 – 1 February 1998)Eyal Lahman (1998–1999)Yossi Mizrahi (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2001)Eli Ohana (1 Jan – 30 June 2001)Guy Luzon (1 Jan 2002 – 30 June 2007)Yossi Mizrahi (1 July – 5 November 2007)Guy Luzon (16 Jan – 30 April 2008)Guy Azouri (21 Aug – 23 December 2008)Roni Levi (22 Dec 2008 – 21 November 2009)Freddy David (22 Nov 2009 – 8 May 2011)Marco Balbul (28 May – 17 October 2011)Eyal Lahman (18 Oct 2011 – 21 January 2012)Moshe Sinai (22 Jan 2012 – 24 November 2013)Yitav Luzon (24 Nov 2013 – 14)Kobi Refua (19 Dec 2013 – 14)Ran Ben Shimon (11 June 2014 – 29 February 2016)Dani Golan (2 Mar – 16 May 2016)Kobi Refua (31 May 2016 – 17 September 2017)Sharon Mimer (17 September 2017 – 2018)Elisha Levy (23 May 2018 – 6 January 2019)Guy Luzon (20 January 2019 – 28 December 2021)Benyamin Lam (26 December 2022 – 2 January 2024)Ran Kojok (4 January – 2 June 2024)Dan Roman (3 June 2024 – )| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1992–93 | Intertoto Cup | Group stage |  Slavia Prague | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3rd |
 Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2 | 1–1 | ||||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–2 | 0–0 | ||||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group stage | Köln | 1–3 | — | 2nd |
 Aarau | — | 1–0 | ||||
 Cork City | 0–0 | — | ||||
 Standard Liège | — | 0–0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | Q2 |  AEK Larnaca | 4–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 |
| R1 |  Heerenveen | Cancelled[a] | 0–5 | 0–5 | ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | Q2 |  Baskimi | 6–0 | 5–0 | 11–0 |
| R1 |  Partizan | 0–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | ||
| Group stage |  Palermo | 1–2 | — | 5th | ||
 Brøndby | — | 0–2 | ||||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–4 | — | ||||
 Espanyol | — | 0–1 | ||||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | R2 |  Zrinjski | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| R3 | Ethnikos | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 2024–25 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 |  Braga | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–7 |
| UEFA Conference League | Q3 | CFR Cluj | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Competition | S | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup /UEFA Europa League | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 |
| UEFA Conference League | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −4 |
| Total | 6 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 |
